Great North Results (American wins)

Ritzenhein? Great runs by Rohatinsky and Goucher!!! Is Rohatinsky the darkest of horses in the Olympic Marathon Trials? I believe so.

63 flat doesn't translate to being a contender at the trials. half marathon does not compare to marathon. two worlds apart.

mcgato wrote:

ADAM GOUCHER 00 / 00 / **** 30 01:03:15 6

KARA GOUCHER 02 / 02 / **** 203 01:06:58 1

Is it just me or does it seem like Kara's slowly catching up to Adam?

Who ran 63-flat?

I'm more impressed that Radcliffe didn't break down in tears at the side of the road when Goucher stormed past and opened the gap... I guess childbirth has made Radcliffe mentally stronger.

Leirbag wrote:

Who ran 63-flat?

I'm more impressed that Radcliffe didn't break down in tears at the side of the road when Goucher stormed past and opened the gap... I guess childbirth has made Radcliffe mentally stronger.

At least she has run the marathon faster than you have.

Perhaps the fact Adam G. raced the 3000M road race yesterday had somethnig to do with his performance today

3000 Metres

1, M Farah (GB) 7min 56.3sec (UK best performance)

2, E Kipchoge (Kenya) 7min 58.1sec

3, B Tahri (France) 8min 01.3sec

4, C Mottram (Australia) 8min 01.6sec

5, C Birmingham (Australia) 8min 10.5sec

6, A Goucher (USA) 8min 11.8sec

7, J Espana (Spain) 8min 15.6sec

8, C Davies (GB) 8min 17.2sec

9, F Rey (Spain) 8min 22.7sec

10, L Merrien (Channel Islands) 8min 23.7sec

11, R McLeod (GB) 8min 31.3sec

12, J Ramos (Portugal) 8min 31.7sec

13, M Geele (GB) 8min 34sec

14, R Stephenson (GB) 8min 44.0sec

15, I Hierro (Spain) 8min 44.6sec

16, H bellani (Morocco) 8min 46.0sec

17, F Bachiller (Spain) 8min 46.7sec

18, M Skinner (GB) 8min 48.1sec

19, D Lashyn (Ukraine) 8min 54.1sec

Posts like this are so Brent Musbergeresque. You obviously have no knowledge of the sport of running, have never experience heat exhaustion, nor competed at anything remotely approximating "accomplished" (I'll even throw in your local 5k).Go back to ESPN you douchebag.

Leirbag wrote:

Who ran 63-flat?

I'm more impressed that Radcliffe didn't break down in tears at the side of the road when Goucher stormed past and opened the gap... I guess childbirth has made Radcliffe mentally stronger.

bikila wrote:

Perhaps the fact Adam G. raced the 3000M road race yesterday had somethnig to do with his performance today

Yea isn't that a bit of a bizarre choice? I was shocked when i saw he did both, especially after how the second half of his year went.

and why does mottram continue to race putting out sub par performances (compared to his usual excellence)? money? i thought he was injured at wc's? farce?

on mottram: he is constantly redlining with how he trains year around. dude needs to take a rest and get his marbles straight.

on rohatinsky: great run. 62:54 for 5th. i think that's his first half-marathon race. he probably won't place in the top 5 at the marathon trials, but this is a great start for him. i hope he goes far.

on adam goucher: good run too, considering he raced a 3000 yesterday in 8:11. kara goucher obviously did a great job as well. i was thinking last night about how many american records have been broken this summer, and here they are:

American Men's Mile Record: 3:46.91 Alan Webb

American Men's 2 Mile Record: 8:07.07 Matt Tegenkamp

American Women's 5000m Record Indoor/Outdoor: 14:44.80 Shalane Flanagan

American Women's Half Marathon Record: 1:06:57

Those are some pretty good records to knock down. Times are looking good for the US-of-A.

Shalane Flanagan got the indoor 3000m record and the outdoor 5000m record. I dont remember what the i3K record was, though.

Ritzenheim's wife had a baby on Saturday.... Cut him some slack.

Add: Ryan Halls's half marathon AR this year (59:43)

Can someone please tell me how far this race was, I'm utterly confused, it's not a half marathon is it?

Tony Soprano wrote:

Can someone please tell me how far this race was, I'm utterly confused, it's not a half marathon is it?

Yes, the race is indeed a half-marathon. Great run by Rohatinsky. That must be an encouraging sign towards his marathon fitness. That is a bit odd that Goucher ran both races, but good for him to attempt the double.

money making? wrote:

and why does mottram continue to race putting out sub par performances (compared to his usual excellence)? money? i thought he was injured at wc's? farce?

Yes, Mottram ran for money. Shame on him the lousy capitalist pig.